Waistband for garments.



T. R. GAINES.

WAISTBAND FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1911.

1,056,160. Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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THOMAS E. GAINES, OF MQNTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

VJAISTBAND FOR GARMENTS.

Application filed April 10, 1911.

To uf/Z "LP/L077? it may concern:

Be it known that T, Trioams R. GAINES, of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in lFais-tbands for Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in waist bands for garments, such as skirts,

under-skirts, and the like, and the object is to provide a simple and inexpensive means for adjusting the waist band to any size of waist which will prevent all unsightly fullness at the point of adjustment.

iurther object is to prevent any sagging of the skirt at the plaits formed by adjustment.

To accomplish these objects, I provide each end of the waist band of the garment with an equal number of evenly and closely spaced eyelets. Through the first eyelet of each end of the band a lace is knotted, which is adapted to be passed through the other eyelets in such a manner as to secure the plait formed to adjust the waist band.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate this invention :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the b ck of a skirt arranged according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, illus hating the method of securing the adjusting plaits. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the interior of the back portion of the skirt fully extended.

In the drawings, 4.- designates the body and 5 the waist band of a skirt, which 1s made much larger than ordinary, the ends 6 of the band being in the center of the back. The skirt is made in a suflicient number of gores to suit the length of the band and is provided with a suitable placket opening where the ends of the band meet. Suitable placket fasteners 7 are provided for the skirt, and hook and eye fasteners 8 for the ends of the band, in the usual manner. Each end of the band is provided with a series of closely and evenly spaced eyelets 9, preferably about twenty in number, and with an additional eyelet 10 located at each end of the belt and the same distance from the first of the eyelets 9, as these eyelets are from one another. It suitable lace 11 is knotted or otherwise secured at one end through each eyelet 10, said lace hanging on the outside of the skirt, as seen in Fig. 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18,1913.

Serial No. 620,143.

To adjust the skirt, reversed folds or plaits 12 of equal width are taken up at each side of the placket opening, the width of the plaits being determined by the eyelets 9, which are provided with consecutive numbers designated 13 for this purpose. The making of these folds or plaits will be described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3, designating the eyelets by their numbers. The nearest eyelet to the required adjustment is selected and the lace 11, which is hanging outside the skirt from the end eyelet 10, is passed inwardly through this eyelet and out-- wardly through the next eyelet. In the drawings, these eyelets are No. 11 and No. 12, respectively. The band is now folded between these two eyelets and slipped along the lace until it engages the end of the belt, eyelets No. 11 and No. 12 being in register with the end eyelet 10, as seen in Fig. 2. The belt bends naturally between eyelets U0. 5 and No. 6 thus forming the plaitshown in Fig. 2. The lace is now threaded in wardly through eyelets No. 13, No. 10, and No. 1, which are in register, and outwardly through the neXt three eyelets. The threading is continued until the opposite edge of the plaitis reached. The lace is then threaded back through the same eyelets but in a reverse direction, as indicated by the broken line in Fig. 2, which represents the lace. This method of threading the lace constitutes an exaggerated shoemakers stitch of great strength which holds the plait securely from edge to edge and prevents any sagging. When the last series of eyelets, which will leave the lace inside the skirt, is reached, the lace is threaded through and allowed to hang inside the skirt, no fasten ing being required other than friction. lVhen the adjusting plait is very narrow there is not a sufficient number of eyelets for the lace to be firmly secured by friction, and the lace may, therefore, be threaded several times through the eyelets. The other side of the skirt is treated in the same manner and the adjustment is complete.

The skirt has always the same appearance in the back regardless of the adjustment; 2'. 0. there are never more than the two central plaits. The plaits are always securely held and cannot sag at the corners and produce an unevenness in the bottom edge, or drag in the back of the skirt. The adjustment is simple and may be quickly and easily effected before putting on the gar Intllt and. is moreover, telly :15 strong as an other portion of the belt. or otlj' of the skirt does not interfere With the :niljnstnient. No nietal fastenings which hrenlc, corrode, or cause unsightly projections, are used, neither there any injury to the material such as might be caused by the alteration of ordinary .sewing.

flaring thus described my intention, What I claim isz- It gtn'n'lent having a rent or placket opening at the back thereof, lfztstenings for said placket openin & helt secured to the gen inent having its ends at the placketopen- The putting on i eyelets toward each end of the belt the eyelog :t fastening device securing the ends ot Silttl. belt together, a SEITIQS 0t etenly spaced leted portions of the belt being plaited in =such manner that the plnits meet at the hack, a lace .tixed to each end of the belt and inserted buck and forth through the eyelets trom edge to edge of the plait. In Witness whereof I have hereunto my hand in the presence of two Witnesses. Tl rlOMtS ll. Gttthlltlt. ll'itnesses:

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